It was a rainy afternoon, while I was drying freshly washed Taro (Colocasiaesculenta) leaves, which is a key ingredient in the preparation of an authentic Mangalorean snack called ‘Pathrode’ (pronounced as ‘pa-throw-day’ in Kannada and Konkani, audio link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cHm_0DaGxVhWgQZv15CEed-x8x2L39Vt/view?usp=sharing). Pathrode is a steamed roll of taro leaves coated with coconut […]